Research Databases

Search records, books, serials, and other historical records specific to African Americans to trace your genealogy or to do research.

Explore your New England ancestors' lives using American Ancestors' collection of 1.4 billion records from the United States, the British Isles, continental Europe, and beyond. Available only at Medina and Brunswick Libraries.

U. S. Census records; military records; court, land and probate records; vital and church records; directories; petitions for naturalization; passenger lists and more. Video Overview.       

Only available when using computers in MCDL locations or via MCDL Wi-Fi.

Created by Robert Hyde. Learn about the history of Medina Square.

Access biographical information on more than 335,000 people from throughout history, around the world, and across all disciplines.

Search the Medina Sentinel and historic newspapers from across the United States.

Search an index of basic facts about 6.3 million soldiers who served on both sides during the Civil War.

Enjoy photographs and manuscripts that illustrate the small-town appeal Medina, Ohio. Includes items from 1840 to 1960.

Search articles, images, and a timeline documenting Cleveland history.

Search for your relatives in records from around the world. Access 135 million restricted records by using FamilySearch at any MCDL location.

Search the premier database for British and Irish records. Available only at Medina Library.

Locate the U.S. Census, 1790-1930 (1850-60 Slave Census Schedules not included), a digitized collection of more than 25,000 family and local history books, records from the Revolutionary War era, Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files and Freedman's Bank Records (1865-1874).

View photos, newspapers, and manuscripts from collections across the state of Ohio.

PERSI is the premier subject index for genealogy and local history periodicals. Search more than more than 3 million citations to readily-available periodical sources.

This index covers obituaries, death notices, and probate notices from the Medina County Gazette and the Medina County Sentinel. It also includes obituaries and other resources indexed by more than 60 partner libraries across Ohio.

Explore Medina County cemeteries.